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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-09-02, Page 24Page 24 Times -Advocate, September 2, 1981 Ministry extending guidance program The Ministry of Education will extend its Student Guidance Information Ser- vice to all 900.000 grade seven and eight students in the province's elementary schools The extension, announced by Education Minister Ur. Bette Stephenson, is the •• , --1 M .-1 Y.C- sarxieRs en 7 Ds a v,eek BreakfOpast, Luncayh, Dinner Breakfast 8:30 - 11:30 p.m. Lunch 12 noon - 4:00 p.m. Dinner 5 p.m. - LATE LUNCH 10 p.m. - Midnight (Tues. -Sat.) OPEN YEAR ROUND Reservations 238-2251 GRAND BEND EXETER SCOUTS CUBS & BEAVERS Registration Thurs., Sept. 17 & 24 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the SCOUT HALL John St. West Fee $15.00 result of a pilot project last fall which made available the computer-based career guidance service to some 57.000 grade seven and eight students in Northern On- tario Dr Stephenson said the pilot project was enthusastically received by principals. teachers and students_ The extension, to take place this fall, will now enable all grade 7 and 8 students to consider career opportunities at an earlier age. she said. The bilingual service, known as SGIS. has served Ontario's secondary school students and Grade 9 and 10 students in the Roman Ca t bol is Separa to School's tor the past 10 years. SGIS is a computerized career information retrieval service which enables students to obtain informa- tion on 3.500 Canadian oc- cupations. over 150 post- secondary institutions, specific training programs for occupations, as well as a variety of general career guidance information. Each year. approximately 650.000 requests for SGIS in- formation are processed by the Queen's Park computer. This service has proved to be a cost-efficient means by which students and their parents can receive up-to- date information about careers and the educational routes to those careers. Have you ever wondered why you shiver in the cold weather? It's nature's way of increasing the flow of ox- ygen to stimulate muscular activity. thus increasing body temperature. MIXED LEAGUE BOWLING OPEN MEETING At Bowling Alley 20 Sanders St. On Thurs., Sept. 3 — 7:30 p.m. New couples and teams welcomed KIRKTON FALL FAIR Saturday, Sept. 12 at KW Community Centre PARADE at 12:30 followed by PET SHOW HEAVY HORSE SHOW and ARM WRESTLING BABY CONTEST at 2:00 please pre -register with secretary at 229-8712 or 229-6319 Admission $2.00 Public school children FREE GATE PRIZE DANCE to JOE OVERHOLT in the evening FISHERMAN'S COVE RESTAURANT Specializing in fresh fish dinners from our boat to your table. Open 7 days a week 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. 63 River Road, Grand Bend Eat in or take out 238-2025 1 B INF AIIMMF INNIP IMF is IIII .• � o IAL r1.,6v., IP; IVAN bt • et.t :44 1111.1 1 "Pai Ai,� �e' Co ri TO "we* • fes`' A1�-14`1 6 OL9FN C*4 RESTAURANT G74//AIL 5 67%- C,4i11r40/ 4A1 P000 493 MAIN ST., EXETER PHONE 235-0464 Special Lunchtime Offer 11 a.m. — 2 p.m. All you can eat Canadian and Chinese Food $4.25 Children under 10 - $2.00 ( Due to rising costs the special lunchtime offer has gone up slightly ON PICK-UP ORDER OVER $30.00 FREE 1 ORDER CHICKEN RICE HOURS Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday ) Friday to Saturday Sunday Closed 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. 1 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. HAND OUT CHICKEN - Carol Greenlee and Morg Carroll were in charge of serving the chicken at Wednesday's barbecue at Saintsbury Anglican Church. T -A photo J 1111111111111111111111111111111 t 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Mary's musings BY MARY ALDERSON You're not going to get rid of me that easily. Yes, it's true - I'm leaving the Times - Advocate. but you're still go- ing to have to read this column. I resigned from my job as a weekly newspaper reporter. but my readers demanded that I carry on with Mary's Musings: yes, both of them' (Thanks. Mom. thanks. Mom -in-law). This marks my last newspaper as a ,T -A reporter. from now on I will just be a columnist. I have accepted a position with Agriculture Information Services. where I'll be work- ing on farm -related magazines. I will certainly miss the many friends I made as a T- A reporter. and the many adventures I've had over the past two and a half years. For example. how many weekly newspaper reporters can say that they've inter- viewed two people in Playboy? (Well, sort of!) You seen. I did a feature story on Exeter native Ran- dy Jones. whose cartoons are featured in Playboy. Later I interviewed Jo Penney. who has a modelling agency in Toronto, and a summer home in Grand Bend. She was featured in Playboy last winter. My job with the T -A also allowed me to try many different things. This summer I had a turn on Grand Bend's new waterslide. and I spent an afternoon board sailing at Pinery Park. Last winter. I went to the Pinery with the children of Grand Bend Public School. and they let me try a fast ride down the toboggan run on an inner - tube. Researching feature stories got me away from the typewriter for a day. such as when I went fishing and when I went trucking. One morning I found myself getting up at dawn and going out in a fish boat. Another time I travelled with a friendly female truck driver to Toronto in a Kenworth with a load of pigs. My husband will say the highlight of my career was the day we attended open house a Hughes Boats, in Huron Park While I talked 10 Howard Hughes. he ex- plored the beautiful sail boa is 1 have many pleasant memories of fahsion shows which f covered. As the only female on staff. I was always sent out to the fashion shows - and you'd be surprised how many there are But I'm sure Bill and Ross would have gladly taken my place when I carne hack with the bathing suit pictures EXETER LADIES BOWLING LEAGUES Bowlers Needed Teams and or individuals Tuesday and Thursdays Contact Bowling lanes As soon as possible 235-2781 4 1 was fortunate enough to cover four elections in my short two and a half years at the T -A. While you may think that listening to elec- tion campaign speeches could be pretty dry and boring. there is always great excitement in the final night while the ballots are being counted. Soon after I started my job in Spring. 1979, I was covering a federal election. Now just in case I didn't get that right. we had a repeat performance the following February. Grand Bend had an interesting municipal election last fall, and this spring I covered a provincial election. Of course. you're not a real reporter until you have to get out of bed in the mid- dle of the night to cover a fire. I had that opportunity this summer, when Lakeview Casino burned down. It was an exciting. yet sad night. Another job I enjoyed was being cookbook editor for the past two years. It was great fun opening 'the bundles of letters filled with recipes each day. I also had some fun trying out some of the recipes at home. There are many perks to the newspaper business, and one is the little jobs you are asked to do. During my stay at the T -A: I have been asked to judge many things - A cou- ple of science fairs. a talegt show. a poster drawing con- test. and a public speaking contest. While I really didn't feel qualified to make decisions in any of these categories. I had fun doing it. One of the worst things about changing jobs is clean- ing out your desk. I had a pleasant surprise this week, when I pulled a file of letters I have received since com- ing to the T -A. Twelve letters were in favour .,of things I had written, or thanking me for covering some event. while only two were critical. Not a bad ratio' And then I had another one for the pro side. When they heard I was leav- ing the T -A. one of my regular sources for stories sent a bouquet of roses. But more important than all the things I learned, the experiences I had, or the letters 1 received. are the friends I have made. I have made many friends on my regular "beats': such as South Huron Hospital, the Association for the Mentally Handicapped, Huron Coun- try Playhouse. and, of course. all over Grand Bend. While I look forward to new work and a new challenge, I am going to miss my many friends here at the T -A. I am indented to Bill and 'Ross for all they have taught me. and all the help they have given me. And my thanks, too. to the rest of the staff for all the good times. Meetings answer questions La Leche into fall activity .y League meeting have fewer as nursing mothers and problems and are often more babies. Female health successful nursing than professionals interested in women who learn about upgrading their knowledge breastfeeding after they are always welcome. deliver their babies. For free information The next La Leche League packets, addresses of other meeting in Exeter will be local League groups in On - September 9 at 176 Main St. tario, or around the world, at 8 p.m. Expectant women contact your local leader. In are urged to set this date Hensall, call Janis Bisback aside and come out as well 262-2192. Breastfeeding? Gee, I don't think so. I mean not everyone can do it, can they? My mother tried with all of us and never could, I probably couldn't. My hus- band thinks I'm too nervous. I have to go back to work, I mean why bother for just a few weeks" Why not give the baby a bottle, after all, a lot of us were brought up on canned milk. and well. we survived didn't we'' 1 mean today's fomulas are pretty close to mother's milk. aren't they? In our generation women have a lot more options than ever before. Young women can choose a new lifestyle different than their mother's. to remain single or marry, yet be childless by choice, they may wish to combine a career outside the home with raising a family or delay outside work until their children are older. In this day and age of the liberated female. many in- terested women are looking at a different but age-old way to feed their babies! These educated women are getting the facts they need to know about human lactation from groups such as La Leche League. They want to know more than myths and wives tales and La Leche League is offering informa- tion about human milk and how to actually feed a baby in an easy and relaxed way. At La Leche League meetings you'll find answers to all of your questions about caring for a new baby besides information about breastfeeding. League meetings complement per - natal cleasses as they go into greater detail about the things members want to know more about. Doctors who sincerely believe in breastfeeding and actively encourage expectant mothers to try it. agree that pregnant women who attend Guelph introduces co-op ed program University of Guelph agricultural graduates are already in demand by agribusiness but a new program this fall will make them even more attractive. "Starting this fall, the On- tario Agricultural College is offering a co-operative education program," says Mike Jenkinson, of the Dean's office. The program integrates four terms of work ex- perience in the student's field of study with the regular bachelor of science in agriculture degree program. Students alternate between work and academic semesters and require four and two-thirds years to com- plete the co-operative educa- tion program in addition to the regular courses. "The need for this type of program developed from the increasing proportion of ur- ban students who are study- ing agricultural sciences, but lack farm experience," says Professor Jenkinson. "The program offers a chance to obtain that ex- perience and increase chances of employment." The co-op program is open to both urban and rural students, but they must achieve a 70 percent average in the first two semesters, hold landed immigrant status or Canadian citizenship, and complete a successful interview. Students majoring in agricultural economics, agricultural business, animal and poultry science, applied microbiology, crip science and dairy science are eligible to apply after their third semester (Pi yr). "We want to keep the program limited to a small number for the first few years," says Professor Jenkinson. "For the first,. year we'll be able to ac- comodate about 10 percent of the eligible group or about 30 students." If statistics from other `Canadian university co- operatives programs are any indication. two thirds of the co-op graduates will be hired by companies they worked for during one of their work semesters. The program is not only attractive to the students, but also to employers. "Agribusiness spends money recruiting students in their graduating year, and then spends a year in training," says Prof. Jenkins. "The co-op program would allow them to get to know the students earlier." 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A country -wide campaign raised funds for a down payment and efforts are continuing to pay off the mortgage From left are Homemaker's president Bev Brown of Bluevale, the agency's director Jean Young and executive board member Rev. Terry Trites of Bluevale. (Expositor Photo NOT CAMERA SHY --- These youngsters at the recent Vacation Bible School at 7ion United Church were happy to pose for a picture. Back, left Lois and Kerry Brownlee and Nancy Morlock. Front, Peggy Brownlee, Jeff Glavin, Andy Glavin, Lynette Heywood Ieonne Dundas, Lisa Morlock and Melanie Neil. T -A photo former Sandpiper Inn Vanastra Now open daily 11-9 Sit down dining & smorgasbord BROWN! S DRIVE-IN THEATRE 160 Xeech St., Clinton 4112-7630 BOX OFFICE OPENS 0:00 PM SUNDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE OPENS 7:30 P.M. NOW PLAYING WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 TO SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 6 i ADULT n ACCOMPANIMENT PLUS Brooke Shields sslove ALAN ALDA t,tiE:"••'•' CAROL BURNETT 4111P amour • 1 fts ADDED THIRD FEATURE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 ONLY He's mad. He's bad. RICHARD PRYOR CICELY TYSON ITS 11411111rtITIIII111, PLEASE NOTE: AFTER SUNDAY'S TRIPLE FEATURE DRIVE-IN OPIN WEEKENDS ONLY SUMMER FESTIVAL 1981 .ts PNcNoS N�� ra° N� gP FUNa �fF�`PN e�ptN 00"" Fri., Sat. and Sunday, Sept. 11-12-13 iBaxauiirta 1 Mile S. of ARKONA on No. 7 H'way Friday, Sept. 11 WALTER OSTANEK MIKE JURECKA ORCHESTRA Saturday, Sept. 12 THE ROYALES *MIKE JURECKA ORCHESTRA PAGUSES Sunday, Sept. 13 Family Day From 2-7 p.m. - Bar-B-Que ENTERTAINMENT BALLOON RACE PROCEEDS TO THE UPKEEP AND IMPROVE MINT OF TAXANDRIA COMMUNITY CENTRE Under Authority LCIO Spec. OCC. P.rmit ADM $4.00 Advance ADM $5.00 At The Door Phone 838-3896 (Code 519) Or Write Box 75, Arkona, NOM 150 1